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Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:16 PM

Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) 3.0 Released!

Download it here . "But Sean" you may ask yourself.... "didn't you just post that version 4 had been released? What's the deal?" Yes, Microsoft Operations Framework 4.0 was just released. A representation of the two models (version 3.0 and 4.0) are as
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Thursday, April 10, 2008 12:53 AM

Whence Shalt I Screencast?

Alright... back from a MUCH needed vacation, some crazy weather (hail in Seattle?), and I have started to recover from the black lung that my kids were nice enough to share with me. My new Samson microphone showed up as well, so I am ready to start recording
Posted by smearp | 3 Comments
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 6:34 AM

Windows Server 2008 Security Guide Released

Not sure how I missed this, but the Windows Server 2008 Security Guide has been released! It is available online here , and for download here . As an IT professional focused on security, you know firsthand how essential your servers are to keeping your
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Monday, March 03, 2008 6:58 PM

Extranet Collaboration Toolkit for SharePoint Released

Woohoo! Just saw it pop up on the Microsoft Download Center , an heard the announcement at the SharePoint Conference . It looks like the Extranet Collaboration Toolkit has hit the big One-Oh. Main Site: http://www.microsoft.com/collabkit Why should you
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Sunday, February 24, 2008 8:18 PM

How Many SharePoint Servers Do I Have?

The wide availability of Windows® SharePoint® Services (WSS) 3.0 and the explosive popularity of Microsoft® Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007 in enterprise environments, combined with the widespread use of online collaboration tools, have resulted
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Saturday, January 19, 2008 4:54 AM

Active Directory How-Tos

How do I back up AD? Seize an Operations Manager role? Recover a Domain Controller? Manage SYSVOL? There's a guide for that... Active Directory Product Operations Guide Process: Back up Active Directory Process: Non-authoritative Restore of Active Directory
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Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:25 AM

Authenticate Linux/Unix to Active Directory

If you need guidance on a Microsoft technology, we probably have a Solution Accelerator for that! Today's guide is brought to you by the letter "authentication" . Now... If you operate in a heterogeneous environment, you may one day be tasked with making
Posted by smearp | 2 Comments
Friday, January 11, 2008 6:17 AM

How do I run my IT shop?

I know, I know... another post with a bunch of links from Sean. You may even scroll past this post to get to the latest Lolcats pic in your newsreader. Here. Here's a cute kitty with a witty caption. Is that good enough? Did you get it out of your system?
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Saturday, January 05, 2008 6:03 PM

SharePoint Extranet Collaboration Toolkit

SharePoint is the hottest thing going at Microsoft.  While Excel is the swiss-army-knife of desktop apps, SharePoint is the do-it-all app on the Server side.  If you are not playing with it already, then you are behind the curve.  Go download
Posted by smearp | 1 Comments
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:44 PM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator (and free Vista/Office)

If you have not played with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Solution Accelerator, you really need to. It was awesome as the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool, and it is even better now that it adds support for Windows Server 2008, Virtualization,
Posted by smearp | 1 Comments
Saturday, December 01, 2007 6:32 PM

How much iron do I need?

Photographers get to call their lenses "glass", so server engineers can get away with calling their servers "iron" :). Quite often on the internal discussion lists, I see questions along the lines of "my customer is going to implement Exchange 2007 in
Posted by smearp | 1 Comments
Saturday, November 10, 2007 10:41 PM

Microsoft Deployment Released!

Unified Tools and Guidance for Desktop and Server Deployment Automation. Download it today! We are pleased to announce the official release of the Microsoft Deployment Solution Accelerator! Microsoft Deployment is the next version of Business Desktop
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Tuesday, April 17, 2007 12:11 AM

Is There a Guide for That?

So you have just been tasked with setting up Active Directory, or creating a Backup Plan, or setting up a PKI infrastructure for your company. There's no need to start from scratch!!! We've already done the heavy lifting for you: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/solutionaccelerators/wssra/raguide/default.mspx
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Thursday, April 05, 2007 2:42 AM

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs

If you work in an organization that utilizes laptops, and has data that you do not want to fall into the wrong hands (be they competitors or foreign agents), you will want to take a look at the new laptop Data Encryption Guide released by the TechNet
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Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:24 PM

Computer Forensics according to Microsoft

As an IT Professional, have you ever been tasked with setting up a new process or technology at your company? Didn't have a clue where to start? Sure... you may have read a book on the topic a year ago, and have a general idea as to how it works, but
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